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'it animi www J. T. WARREN, OF LE ROY, NEW YORK..

Letters Patent No. 86,333, dated Janna/ry 26, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN FRUIT-PICKER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the ma To all whom 'it-may concern,.-

Be it known that I, J, T. WARREN, of Le Roy, State of New York, have invented a new and useful Fruit- Picker; and I d0 hereby declare that the following is av full, clear, and eXact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, making part of this specification, in which- Figure lis a side elevation, showing the arrangement of the spring e.

Figure 2 is a side elevation, showing the shearplate a.

rlhe nature of my invention will be understood from the drawings and specifications.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will describe its construction and operation.

On the side of the jaw A, of a common square-jawed plier, I fasten a plate, a., which has a sharp edge, and extends beyond the edge of the other jaw, d, when the two are pressed together.

This plate, in its combined action with the opposite jaw, forms a pair of shears.

On the jaw A, I fasten a spring, c, which is riveted to the rear end of the outside of the jaw, and extends aroundftlie outer end, and back to the rear part of the jaw on `the inside, as shown in tig. 1.

The obj ect of this invention is tomake a device for gathering grapes and other fruit, and at the same time holding it until the operator can place it where it may be desired.

The operation is as follows:

The jaws are extended to receive the stem of the fruit between the spring and the opposite jaw, the slide shown in iig. 2 being next to the parent stern. As the jaws are being closed, the spring presses on the stern-of the fruit, and holds it until after ,the knife-edge of the `plate a cuts it off'.

n The fruit cannot fall ont, as the spring and opposite jaw hold it until relieved by the operator The spring being attachedV at the rear end of the jaw, on the outside, and being loose at the outer end of the jaw, allows it to yield, so that the vine will be easiLy clasped at any pointalong the whole length of the jaw. v

' The spring serves to clean the side of the plate a as the jaws open, and it also serves to open the jaws.

The sharp edge of the plate a and jaws may be made 'in one piece, but I prefer making them separate, so that a new plate can be put on when one is worn away.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The fruit-picker, composed of the two-handled jaws A and b, cutting-blade a, and the spring-holder c, when the latter also acts as theV opener for the jaws of the instrument, for the purposes herein set forth.

J. T. WARREN.

Witnesses:

GEO. A. GAGE, J. L. GAGE. 

